2. Made of rushes. Me rushy couch and frugal fare. Goldsmith.
RUSINERu"sine, a. Etym: [NL. rusa, the name of the genus, Malay rusa deer.](Zoöl.)
Defn: Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rusa, which includes the sambur deer (Rusa Aristotelis) of India. Rusine antler (Zoöl.), an antler with the brow tyne simple, and the beam forked at the tip.
RUSK Rusk, n. Etym: [Sp. rosca de mar sea rusks, a kind of biscuit, rosca properly meaning, a screw, spiral.]
1. A kind of light, soft bread made with yeast and eggs, often toasted or crisped in an oven; or a kind of sweetened biscuit.
2. A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores Smart.
3. Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar.
RUSMA Rus"ma, n. Etym: [Corrupt. from Turk. khyryzma a paste used as a depilatory, fr. Gr. rusma.]
Defn: A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by theTurks. See Rhusma.
RUSSRuss, n. sing. & pl.
1. A Russian, or the Russians. [Rare, except in poetry.]
2. The language of the Russians.
RUSSRuss, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Russians.
RUSSET Rus"set, a. Etym: [F. rousset, dim. of roux red, L. russus (for rudtus, rudhtus), akin to E. red. See Red, and cf. Roussette.]
1. Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color. The morn, in russet mantle clad. Shak. Our summer such a russet livery wears. Dryden.
2. Coarse; homespun; rustic. [R.] Shak.
RUSSETRus"set, n.
1. A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.
2. Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
3. A country dress; — so called because often of a russet color. Dryden.
4. An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.
RUSSETINGRus"set*ing, n.
Defn: See Russet, n., 2 and 4.
RUSSETYRus"set*y, a.
Defn: Of a russet color; russet.
RUSSIARus"sia, n.
Defn: A country of Europe and Asia. Russia iron, a kind of sheet iron made in Russia, having a lustrous blue-black surface. — Russia leather, a soft kind of leather, made originally in Russia but now elsewhere, having a peculiar odor from being impregnated with an oil obtained from birch bark. It is much used in bookbinding, on account of its not being subject to mold, and being proof against insects. — Russia matting, matting manufactured in Russia from the inner bark of the linden (Tilia Europæa).
RUSSIANRus"sian ( or ; 277), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language.— n.
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Russia; the language of Russia.Russian bath. See under Bath.
RUSSIAN CHURCHRus"sian Church.
Defn: The established church of the Russian empire. It forms a portion, by far the largest, of the Eastern Church and is governed by the Holy Synod. The czar is the head of the church, but he has never claimed the right of deciding questions of theology and dogma.
RUSSIANIZERus"sian*ize, v. t.
Defn: To make Russian, or more or less like the Russians; as, toRussianize the Poles.
RUSSIFICATIONRus"si*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Russia + L. -ficare (im comp.) to make.See -fy.]
Defn: The act or process of being Russified.
RUSSIFYRus"si*fy, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. russifier. See -fy.]
Defn: To Russianize; as, to Russify conquered tribes.
RUSSOPHILE; RUSSOPHILIST Rus"so*phile, Rus"soph"i*list, n. Etym: [Russia + Gr. to love: cf. F. russophile.]
Defn: One who, not being a Russian, favors Russian policy andaggrandizement.— Rus*soph"ilism, n. [Chiefly newspaper words.]
RUSSOPHOBE; RUSSOPHOBISTRus"so*phobe, Rus*soph"o*bist, Etym: [Russia + Gr.
Defn: One who dreads Russia or Russian influence. [Words sometimes found in the newspapers.]
RUSSOPHOBIARus`so*pho"bi*a, n.
Defn: Morbid dread of Russia or of Russian influence.
RUST Rust, n. Etym: [AS. rust; akin to D. roest, G. & Sw. rost, Icel. ryth; — named from its color, and akin to E. red. *113. See Red.]
1. (Chem.)
Defn: The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of corrosion.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo- vera), now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.
Note: Rust is also applied to many other minute fungi which infest vegetation, such as the species of Ustilago, Uredo, and Lecythea.
3. That which resembles rust in appearance or effects. Specifically: (a) A composition used in making a rust joint. See Rust joint, below. (b) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat. (c) Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence. Sacred truths cleared from all rust and dross of human mixtures. Eikon Basilike.
Note: Rust is used in the formation of compounds of obvious meaning; as, rust-colored, rust-consumed, rust-eaten, and the like. Rust joint, a joint made between surfaces of iron by filling the space between them with a wet mixture of cast-iron borings, sal ammoniac, and sulphur, which by oxidation becomes hard, and impervious to steam, water, etc. — Rust mite (Zoöl.), a minute mite (Phytopius oleivorus) which, by puncturing the rind, causes the rust-colored patches on oranges.
RUSTRust, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rusting.] Etym:[AS. rustian.]
1. To contract rust; to be become oxidized. If gold ruste, what shall iron do Chaucer. Our armors now may rust. Dryden.
2. To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance. as plants.
3. Fig.: To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired byinaction.Must I rust in Egypt never more Appear in arms, and be the chief ofGreece Dryden.
RUSTRust, v. t.
1. To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind. Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them. Shak.
2. Fig.: To impair by time and inactivity. Johmson.
RUSTFULRust"ful, a.
Defn: Full of rust; resembling rust; causing rust; rusty. "Rustful sloth." Quarles.
RUSTIC Rus"tic, a. Etym: [L. rusticus, fr. rus, ruris, the country: cf. F. rustique. See Rural.]
1. Of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity. Milton. And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. Gray. She had a rustic, woodland air. Wordsworth.
2. Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners. "A rustic muse." Spenser.
3. Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress.
4. Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected. Pope. Rustic moth (Zoöl.), any moth belonging to Agrotis and allied genera. Their larvæ are called cutworms. See Cutworm. — Rustic work. (a) (Arch.) Cut stone facing which has the joints worked with grooves or channels, the face of each block projecting beyond the joint, so that the joints are very conspicuous. (b) (Arch. & Woodwork) Summer houses, or furniture for summer houses, etc., made of rough limbs of trees fancifully arranged.
Syn.— Rural; rude; unpolished; inelegant; untaught; artless; honest.See Rural.
RUSTICRus"tic, n.
1. An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown. Hence to your fields, you rustics! hence, away. Pope.
2. A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person. [Poetic]
RUSTICALRus`tic*al, a.
Defn: Rustic. "Rustical society." Thackeray.— Rus"tic*al*ly, adv.— Rus"tic*al*ness, n.
RUSTICATERus"ti*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rusticated; p. pr. & vb. n.Rusticating.] Etym: [L. rusticaticus, p. p. of rusticari torusticate. See Rustic.]
Defn: To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize. Pope.
RUSTICATERus"ti*cate, v. t.
Defn: To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on. The town is again beginning to be full, and the rusticated beauty sees an end of her banishment. Idler.
RUSTICATEDRus"ti*ca`ted, a. (Arch.)
Defn: resembling rustic work. See Rustic work (a), under Rustic.
RUSTICATIONRus`ti*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. rusticatio.]
1. The act of rusticating, or the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a student for some offence, by compelling him to leave the institution for a time.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: Rustic work.
RUSTICITYRus*tic"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. rusticatus: cf. F. rusticité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being rustic; rustic manners; rudeness; simplicity; artlessness. The sweetness and rusticity of a pastoral can not be so well expressed in any other tongue as in the Greek, when rightly mixed and qualified with the Doric dialect. Addison. The Saxons were refined from their rusticity. Sir W. Scott.
RUSTICLYRus"tic*ly, adv.
Defn: In a rustic manner; rustically. Chapman.
RUSTILYRust"i*ly, adv.
Defn: In a rusty state.
RUSTINESSRust"i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being rusty.
RUSTLERus"tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rustled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rustling.]Etym: [AS. hristlan to rustle; or cf. Sw. rusta to stir, make a riot,or E. rush, v.]
1. To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves. He is coming; I hear his straw rustle. Shak. Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk. Shak.
2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about. [Slang, Western U.S.]
RUSTLERus"tle, v. t.
Defn: To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.
RUSTLERus"tle, n.
Defn: A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling. When the noise of a torrent, the rustle of a wood, the song of birds, or the play of lambs, had power to fill the attention, and suspend all perception of the course of time. Idler.
RUSTLERRus"tler, n.
1. One who, or that which, rustles.
2. A bovine animal that can care for itself in any circumstances; also, an alert, energetic, driving person. [Slang, Western U.S.]
RUSTLESSRust"less, a.
Defn: Free from rust.
RUSTYRust"y, a. Etym: [AS. rustig.] [Compar. Rustier (; superl. Rustiest.]
1. Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.
2. Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect. [Hector,] in this dull and long-continued truce, Is rusty grown. Shak.
3. Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.
4. Surly; morose; crusty; sullen. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Rusty words." Piers Plowman.
5. Rust-colored; dark. "Rusty blood." Spenser.
6. Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy. The rustly little schooners that bring fire wood from the Brititsh provinces. Hawthorne.
7. (Bot.)
Defn: Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.
RUT Rut, n. Etym: [F. rut, OF. ruit, L. ruditus a roaring, fr. rugire to roar; -sp called from the noise made by deer in rutting time.]
1. (Physiol.)
Defn: Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.
2. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.
RUTRut, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rutting.]
Defn: To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; — said of deer, cattle, etc.
RUTRut, v. t.
Defn: To cover in copulation. Dryden.
RUTRut, n. Etym: [variant of route.]
Defn: A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively. in a rut.
RUTRut, v. t.
Defn: To make a rut or ruts in; — chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj; as, a rutted road.
RUTA-BAGARu`ta-ba"ga, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid yellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See Turnip.
RUTACEOUS Ru*ta"ceous, a. Etym: [L. rutaceous, from ruta rue. See Rue the plant.] (Bot.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to plants of a natural order (Rutacæ) of which the rue is the type, and which includes also the orange, lemon, dittany, and buchu.
RUTATERu"tate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of rutic acid.
RUTHRuth, n. Etym: [From Rue, v.: cf. Icel. hryggedh, hrygedh.]
1. Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness. [Poetic] "They weep for ruth." Chaucer. "Have ruth of the poor." Piers Plowman. To stir up gentle ruth, Both for her noble blood, and for her tender youth. Spenser.
2. That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful.[Obs.]It had been hard this ruth for to see. Chaucer.With wretched miseries and woeful ruth. Spenser.
RUTHENICRu*then"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with ruthenious compounds.
RUTHENIOUSRu*the"ni*ous, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; designating those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with ruthenic compounds.
RUTHENIUMRu*the"ni*um, n. Etym: [NL. So named from the Ruthenians, a LittleRussian people, as coming from Russia, the metal having been found inthe Ural mountains.] (Chem.)
Defn: A rare element of the light platinum group, found associated with platinum ores, and isolated as a hard, brittle steel-gray metal which is very infusible. Symbol Ru. Atomic weight 103.5. Specific gravity 12.26. See Platinum metals, under Platinum.
RUTHFULRuth"ful, a.
Defn: Full of ruth; as: (a) Pitiful; tender. (b) Full of sorrow; woeful. (c) Causing sorrow. Shak. — Ruth"ful*ly, adv.
RUTHLESSRuth"less, a.
Defn: Having no ruth; cruel; pitiless.Their rage the hostile bands restrain, All but the ruthless monarchof the main. Pope.— Ruth"less*ly, adv.— Ruth"less*ness, n.
RUTICRu"tic, a. Etym: [Cf. Rutaceous.] (Chem.)
Defn: pertaining to, or obtained from, rue (Ruta); as, rutic acid, now commonly called capric acid.
RUTILANT Ru"ti*lant (, a. Etym: [L. rutilans, p. pr. of rutilare to have a reddish glow, fr. rutilus red: cf. F. rutilant.]
Defn: Having a reddish glow; shining.Parchments . . . colored with this rutilant mixture. Evelin.
RUTILATERu"ti*late, v. i. Etym: [L. rutilare, rutilatum.]
Defn: To shine; to emit rays of light. [Obs.] Ure.
RUTILERu"tile, n. Etym: [L. rutilus red, inclining to golden yellow.](Min.)
Defn: A mineral usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliant metallic adamantine luster, occurring in tetragonal crystals. In composition it is titanium dioxide, like octahedrite and brooklite.
RUTILIANRu*til"i*an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to Rurila and allied genera, as the spotted grapevine beetle (Pelidnota punctata).
RUTINRu"tin, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A glucoside resembling, but distinct from, quercitrin. Rutin is found in the leaves of the rue (Ruta graveolens) and other plants, and obtained as a bitter yellow crystalline substance which yields quercitin on decomposition.
RUTINOSERutinose
Defn: A disaccharide present in glycosides. Prepared from rutin by hydrolysis with rhamnodiastase. 6-O-a-L-rhamnosyl-D-glucose; C12H22O10.
RUTTERRut"ter, n. Etym: [D. ruiter a rider. Cf. Ruttier.]
Defn: A horseman or trooper. [Obs.]Such a regiment of rutters Never defied men braver. Beau. & Fl.
RUTTERRut"ter, n. Etym: [From Rut.]
Defn: That which ruts.
RUTTERKINRut"ter*kin, n.
Defn: An old crafty fox or beguiler — a word of contempt. [Obs.]Cotgrave.
RUTTIERRut"ti*er, n. Etym: [F. routier, fr. route a road. See Route.]
Defn: A chart of a course, esp. at sea. [Obs.]
RUTTISHRut"tish, a.
Defn: Inclined to rut; lustful; libidinous; salacious. Shak.— Rut"tish*ness, n.
RUTTLERut"tle, n.
Defn: A rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty of breathing; a rattle. [Obs.]
RUTTYRut"ty, a.
Defn: Ruttish; lustful.
RUTTYRut"ty, a.
Defn: Full of ruts; as a rutty road.
RUTTYRut"ty, a. Etym: [See Root.]
Defn: Rooty. [Obs.] Spenser.
RUTYLENERu"ty*lene, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H18, of the acetylene series. It is produced artificially.
RYALRy"al ( or ), a.
Defn: Royal. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RYALRy"al, n.
Defn: See Rial, and old English coin.
RYDERRy"der, n.
1. A clause added to a document; a rider. See Rider. [Obs.]
2. Etym: [D. rijder, properly, a rider.]
Defn: A gold coin of Zealand [Netherlands] equal to 14 florins, about $ 5.60.
RYERye, n. Etym: [OE. rie, reie, AS. ryge; akin to Icel. rugr, Sw. råg,Dan. rug, D. rogge, OHG. rocco, roggo, G. rocken, roggen, Lith.rugei, Russ. roje, and perh. To Gr. 'o`ryza rice. Cf. Rice.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man.
2. A disease in a hawk. Ainsworth. Rye grass, Italian rye grass, (Bot.) See under Grass. See also Ray grass, and Darnel. — Wild rye (Bot.), any plant of the genus Elymus, tall grasses with much the appearance of rye.
RYNDRynd ( or ), n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Defn: A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.
RYOT Ry"ot, n. Etym: [Ar. & Hind. ra'iyat, the same word as ra'iyah, a subject, tenant, peasant. See Rayah.]
Defn: A peasant or cultivator of the soil. [India] The Indian ryot and the Egyptian fellah work for less pay than any other laborers in the world. The Nation.
RYPOPHAGOUSRy*poph"a*gous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Eating, or subsisting on, filth.
RYSRys ( or ), n.
Defn: A branch. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RYSHRysh, n.
Defn: Rush, a plant. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RYSIMETERRy*sim"e*ter, n.
Defn: See Rhysimeter.
RYTHRyth, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. ri brook.]
Defn: A ford. [Obs.]
RYTINARyt"i*na, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); — called also Steller's sea cow. [Written also Rhytina.]
Note: * It is now extinct, but was formerly abundant at Behring's Island, near Behring's Straits. It was twenty-five feet or more in length, with a thick, blackish, naked skin. The last were killed in 1768 for their oil and flesh.
Defn: the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonanat, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a more hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, débris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, t\'c5 255-261.
Note: Both the form and the name of the letter S are derived from the Latin, which got the letter through the Greek from the Phænician. the ultimate origin is Egyptian. S is etymologically most nearly related to c, z, t, and r; as, in ice, OE. is; E. hence, OE. hennes; E. rase, raze; erase, razor; that, G. das; E. reason, F. raison, L. ratio; E. was, were; chair, chaise (see C, Z, T, and R.).
-S -s.
1. Etym: [OE. es, AS. as.]
Defn: The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts.
2. Etym: [OE. -s, for older -th, AS. -th.]
Defn: The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative ofEnglish verbs; as in the falls, tells, sends.
3. An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, — originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See -'s.
-'S -'s Etym: [OE. -es, AS. -es.]
Defn: The suffix used to form the possessive singular of nouns; as, boy's; man's.
'S 's.
Defn: A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has. "My heart's subdued." Shak.
-'S -'s [OE. -es, AS. -es.]
The suffix used to form the possessive singular of nouns; as, boy's; man's.
SAADHSa"adh, n.
Defn: See Sadh.
SAANSaan, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
Defn: Same as Bushmen.
SABADILLASab`a*dil"la, n. Etym: [Sp. cebadilla.] (Bot.)
Defn: A Mexican liliaceous plant (Schænocaulon officinale); also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative.
SABAEANSa*bæ"an, a. & n.
Defn: Same as Sabianism.
SABAEANISMSa*bæ"an*ism, n.
Defn: Same as Sabianism.
SABAEISM; SABAISMSa"bæ*ism, Sa"ba*ism, n.
Defn: See Sabianism.
SABALSa"bal, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of palm trees including the palmetto of the SouthernUnited States.
SABAOTH Sab"a*oth (sâb"ay*ôth or sa"ba*ôth; 277), n. pl. Etym: [Heb. tseba'oth, pl. of tsaba', an army or host, fr. tsaba', to go forth to war.]
1. Armies; hosts.
Note: [Used twice in the English Bible, in the phrase "The Lord ofSabaoth."]
2. Incorrectly, the Sabbath.
SABBATSab"bat, n. Etym: [See Sabbath.]
Defn: In mediæval demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which demons and sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies.
SABBATARIANSab`ba*ta"ri*an, n. Etym: [L. Sabbatarius: cf. F. sabbataire. SeeSabbath.]
1. One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as holy, aggreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in the Decalogue.
Note: There were Christians in the early church who held this opinion, and certain Christians, esp. the Seventh-day Baptists, hold it now.
2. A strict observer of the Sabbath.
SABBATARIANSab`ba*ta"ri*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians.
SABBATARIANISMSab`ba*ta"ri*an*ism, n.
Defn: The tenets of Sabbatarians. Bp. Ward. (1673).
SABBATH Sab"bath, n. Etym: [OE. sabat, sabbat, F. sabbat, L. sabbatum, Gr. shabbath, fr. shabath to rest from labor. Cf. Sabbat.]
1. A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Ex. xx. 8.
2. The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival. Lev. xxv. 4.
3. Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort,sorrow, or the like.Peaceful sleep out the sabbath of the tomb. Pope.Sabbath breaker, one who violates the law of the Sabbath.— Sabbath breaking, the violation of the law of the Sabbath.— Sabbath-day's journey, a distance of about a mile, which, underRabbinical law, the Jews were allowed to travel on the Sabbath.
Syn. — Sabbath, Sunday. Sabbath is not strictly synonymous with Sunday. Sabbath denotes the institution; Sunday is the name of the first day of the week. The Sabbath of the Jews is on Saturday, and the Sabbath of most Christians on Sunday. In New England, the first day of the week has been called "the Sabbath," to mark it as holy time; Sunday is the word more commonly used, at present, in all parts of the United States, as it is in England. "So if we will be the children of our heavenly Father, we must be careful to keep the Christian Sabbathday, which is the Sunday." Homilies.
SABBATHLESSSab"bath*less, a.
Defn: Without Sabbath, or intermission of labor; hence, without respite or rest. Bacon.
SABBATIC; SABBATICALSab*bat"ic, Sab*bat"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. sabbatique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath; enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor. Sabbatical year (Jewish Antiq.), every seventh year, in which the Israelites were commanded to suffer their fields and vineyards to rest, or lie without tillage.
SABBATISMSab"ba*tism, n. Etym: [L. sabbatismus, Gr. sabbatisme. See Sabbath.]
Defn: Intermission of labor, as upon the Sabbath; rest. Dr. H. More.
SABBATON Sab"ba*ton, n. Etym: [Cf. Sp. zapaton, a large shoe, F. sabot a wooden shoe.]
Defn: A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress.
SABEANSa*be"an, a. & n.
Defn: Same as Sabian.
SABEISMSa"be*ism, n.
Defn: Same as Sabianism.
SABELLASa*bel"la, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. sabulum gravel.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of tubiculous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around head.
SABELLIANSa*bel"li*an, a.
Defn: Pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. SeeSabellian, n.
SABELLIANSa*bel"li*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father.
SABELLIANISMSa*bel"li*an*ism, n. (Eccl.)
Defn: The doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.
SABELLOIDSa*bel"loid, a. Etym: [Sabella + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like, or related to, the genus Sabella.— Sa*bel"loid, n.
SABER; SABRE Sa"ber, Sa"bre, n. Etym: [F. sabre, G. säbel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. száblya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr.
Defn: A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword. Saber fish, or Sabre fish (Zoöl.), the cutlass fish.
SABER; SABRE Sa"ber, Sa"bre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sabered or Sabred (; p. pr. & vb. n. Sabering or Sabring (.] Etym: [Cf. F. sabrer.]
Defn: To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with asaber.You send troops to saber and bayonet us into submission. Burke.
SABERBILL; SABREBILLSa"ber*bill`, Sa"bre*bill`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The curlew.
SABIANSa"bi*an, a. Etym: [L. Sabaeus.] [Written also Sabean, andSabæanism.]
1. Of or pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants.
2. Relating to the religion of Saba, or to the worship of the heavenly bodies.
SABIANSa"bi*an, n.
Defn: An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies. [Written also Sabæan, and Sabean.]
SABIANISMSa"bi*an*ism, n.
Defn: The doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion; that species of idolatry which consists in worshiping the sun, moon, and stars; heliolatry. [Written also Sabæanism.]
SABICUSab"i*cu, n.
Defn: The very hard wood of a leguminous West Indian tree (LysilonaSabicu), valued for shipbuilding.
SABINESa"bine, a. Etym: [L. Sabinus.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the ancient Sabines, a people of Italy.— n.
Defn: One of the Sabine people.
SABINESab"ine, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. Sabina herba, fr. Sabini the Sabines.Cf. Savin.] (Bot.)
Defn: See Savin.
SABLE Sa"ble, n. Etym: [OF. sable, F. zibeline sable (in sense 4), LL. sabellum; cf. D. sabel, Dan. sabel, zobel, Sw. sabel, sobel, G. zobel; all fr. Russ. sóbole.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, — noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.
Note: The sable resembles the marten, but has a longer head and ears. Its fur consists of a soft under wool, with a dense coat of hair, overtopped by another still longer. It varies greatly in color and quality according to the locality and the season of the year. The darkest and most valuable furs are taken in autumn and winter in the colder parts of Siberia, Russia, and British North America.
Note: The American sable, or marten, was formerly considered a distinct species (Mustela Americana), but it differs very little from the Asiatic sable, and is now considered only a geographical variety.
2. The fur of the sable.
3. A mouring garment; a funeral robe; — generally in the plural. "Sables wove by destiny." Young.
4. (Her.)
Defn: The tincture black; — represented by vertical and horizontal lines each other.
SABLESa"ble, a.
Defn: Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; — used chiefly in poetry. Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world. Young. Sable antelope (Zoöl.), a large South African antelope (Hippotragus niger). Both sexes have long, sharp horns. The adult male is black; the female is dark chestnut above, white beneath. — Sable iron, a superior quality of Russia iron; — so called because originally stamped with the figure of a sable. — Sable mouse (Zoöl.), the lemming.
SABLESa"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sabled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sabling.]
Defn: To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.Sabled all in black the shady sky. G. Fletcher.
SABOTSa`bot", n. Etym: [F.]
1. A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling.
SABOTAGE Sa`bo`tage", n. [F.] (a) Scamped work. (b) Malicious waste or destruction of an employer's property or injury to his interests by workmen during labor troubles.
SABOTIERESa`bo"tière, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A kind of freezer for ices.
SABRESa"bre, n. & v.
Defn: See Saber.
SABRETASCHE Sa"bre*tasche`, n. Etym: [F. sabretache, G. säbel, tasche; säbel salber + tasche a pocket.] (Mil.)
Defn: A leather case or pocket worn by cavalry at the left side, suspended from the sword belt. Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci. ).
SABRINA WORKSa*bri"na work`.
Defn: A variety of appliqué work for quilts, table covers, etc.Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).
SABULOSESab"u*lose, a. Etym: [L. sabulosus, from sabulum, sabulo, sand.](Bot.)
Defn: Growing in sandy places.
SABULOSITYSab`u*los"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being sabulous; sandiness; grittiness.
SABULOUSSab"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. sabulosus.]
Defn: Sandy; gritty.
SACSac, n. (Ethnol.)
Defn: See Sace.
SACSac, n. Etym: [See Sake, Soc.] (O.Eng. Law)
Defn: The privilege formerly enjoyed the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines. Cowell.
SACSac, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. saccus a sack. See Sack a bag.]
1. See 2d Sack.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: A cavity, bag, or receptacle, usually containing fluid, and either closed, or opening into another cavity to the exterior; a sack.
SACALAITSac"a*lait, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A kind of fresh-water bass; the crappie. [Southern U.S.]
SACARSa"car, n.
Defn: See Saker.
SACCADESac*cade", n. Etym: [F.] (Man.)
Defn: A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull.
SACCATESac"cate, a. Etym: [NL. saccatus, fr. L. saccus a sack, bag.]
1. (Biol.)
Defn: Having the form of a sack or pouch; furnished with a sack or pouch, as a petal.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted.
SACCHARATE Sac"cha*rate, n. (Chem.) (a) A salt of saccharic acid. (b) In a wider sense, a compound of saccharose, or any similar carbohydrate, with such bases as the oxides of calcium, barium, or lead; a sucrate.
SACCHARICSac*char"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, saccharine substances; specifically, designating an acid obtained, as a white amorphous gummy mass, by the oxidation of mannite, glucose, sucrose, etc.
SACCHARIFEROUSSac`cha*rif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. saccharon sugar + -ferous.]
Defn: Producing sugar; as, sacchariferous canes.
SACCHARIFYSac*char"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saccharified; p. pr. & vb. n.Saccharifing.] Etym: [L. saccharon sugar + -fy: cf. F. saccharifier.]
Defn: Toconvert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.
SACCHARILLASac`cha*ril"la, n.
Defn: A kind of muslin.
SACCHARIMETER Sac`cha*rim"e*ter, n. Etym: [L. saccharon sugar + -meter: cf. F. saccharimètre.]
Defn: An instrument for ascertain the quantity of saccharine matter in any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers' and distillers' worts. [Written also saccharometer.]
Note: The common saccharimeter of the brewer is an hydrometer adapted by its scale to point out the proportion of saccharine matter in a solution of any specific gravity. The polarizing saccharimeter of the chemist is a complex optical apparatus, in which polarized light is transmitted through the saccharine solution, and the proportion of sugar indicated by the relative deviation of the plane of polarization.
SACCHARIMETRICALSac`cha*ri*met"ric*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to saccharimetry; obtained saccharimetry.
SACCHARIMETRYSac`cha*rim"e*try, n.
Defn: The act, process or method of determining the amount and kind of sugar present in sirup, molasses, and the like, especially by the employment of polarizing apparatus.
SACCHARINSac"cha*rin, n. Etym: [F., from L. saccharon sugar.] (Chem.)
Defn: A bitter white crystalline substance obtained from the saccharinates and regarded as the lactone of saccharinic acid; — so called because formerly supposed to be isomeric with cane sugar (saccharose).
SACCHARINATE Sac"cha*ri*nate, n. (Chem.) (a) A salt of saccharinic acid. (b) A salt of saccharine.
SACCHARINESac"cha*rine ( or ), a. Etym: [F. saccharin, fr. L. saccharob sugar,Gr. çarkara. Cf. Sugar.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine matter.
SACCHARINESac"cha*rine ( or ), n. (Chem.)
Defn: A trade name for benzoic sulphinide. [Written also saccharin.]C7H5NO3S.
SACCHARINICSac"cha*rin"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharin; specifically, designating a complex acid not known in the free state but well known in its salts, which are obtained by boiling dextrose and levulose (invert sugar) with milk of lime.
SACCHARIZESac"cha*rize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saccharized; p. pr. & vb. n.Saccharizing.]
Defn: To convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.
SACCHAROID; SACCHAROIDAL Sac"cha*roid, Sac`cha*roid"al, a. Etym: [L. saccharon sugar + -oid: cf. F. saccharoïde.]
Defn: resembling sugar, as in taste, appearance, consistency, or composition; as, saccharoidal limestone.
SACCHAROMETERSac`cha*rom"e*ter, n.
Defn: A saccharimeter.
SACCHAROMYCESSac`cha*ro*my"ces, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: A genus of budding fungi, the various species of which have the power, to a greater or less extent, or splitting up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the active agents in producing fermentation of wine, beer, etc. Saccharomyces cerevisiæ is the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called Torula.
SACCHAROMYCETESSac`cha*ro*my*ce"tes, n. pl. (Biol.)
Defn: A family of fungi consisting of the one genus Saccharomyces.
SACCHARONATESac"cha*ro*nate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of saccharonic acid.
SACCHARONE Sac"cha*rone, n. Etym: [Saccharin + lactone,] (Chem.) (a) A white crystalline substance, C6H8O6, obtained by the oxidation of saccharin, and regarded as the lactone of saccharonic acid. (b) An oily liquid, C6H10O2, obtained by the reduction of saccharin.
SACCHARONICSac`cha*ron"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharone; specifically, designating an unstable acid which is obtained from saccharone (a) by hydration, and forms a well-known series of salts.
SACCHAROSESac"cha*rose`, n. (Chem.)
Defn: Cane sugar; sucrose; also, in general, any one of the group of which saccharose, or sucrose proper, is the type. See Sucrose.
SACCHAROUSSac"cha*rous, a.
Defn: Saccharine.
SACCHARUMSac"cha*rum, n. Etym: [NL. See Saccharine.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane.
SACCHOLACTATESac`cho*lac"tate, n. Etym: [See Saccharolactatic.] (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of saccholactactic acid; — formerly called also saccholate. [Obs.] See Mucate.
SACCHOLACTICSac`cho*lac"tic, a. Etym: [L. saccharon sugar + lac, lactis, milk.](Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called mucic acid; saccholic. [Obs.]
SACCHOLICSac*chol"ic, a.
Defn: Saccholatic. [Obs.]
SACCHULMATESac*chul"mate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of sacchulmic acid.
SACCHULMICSac*chul"mic, a. Etym: [Saccharine + ulmic.] (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a dark amorphous substance by the long-continued boiling of sucrose with very dilute sulphuric acid. It resembles humic acid. [Written also sacculmic.]
SACCHULMINSac*chul"min, n. (Chem.)
Defn: An amorphous huminlike substance resembling sacchulmic acid, and produced together with it.
SACCIFEROUSSac*cif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. saccus a sack + -ferous.] (Biol.)
Defn: Bearing a sac.
SACCIFORMSac"ci*form, a. Etym: [L. saccus a sack + -form.] (Biol.)
Defn: Having the general form of a sac.
SACCOGLOSSASac`co*glos"sa, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. saccus a sack + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Pellibranchiata.
SACCULARSac"cu*lar, a.
Defn: Like a sac; sacciform.
SACCULATEDSac"cu*la`ted, a.
Defn: Furnished with little sacs.
SACCULESac"cule, n. Etym: [L. sacculus, dim. of saccus sack.]
Defn: A little sac; specifically, the sacculus of the ear.
SACCULO-COCHLEARSac`cu*lo-coch"le*ar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: pertaining to the sacculus and cochlea of the ear.
SACCULO-UTRICULARSac`cu*lo-u*tric"u*lar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the sacculus and utriculus of the ear.
SACCULUSSac"cu*lus, n.; pl. Sacculi. Etym: [L., little sack.] (Anat.)
Defn: A little sac; esp., a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under Ear.
SACCUSSac"cus, n.; pl. Sacci. Etym: [L., a sack.] (Biol.)
Defn: A sac.
SACELLUM Sa*cel"lum, n.; pl. Sacella. Etym: [L., dim. of sacrum a sacred place.] (a) (Rom. Antiq.) An unroofed space consecrated to a divinity. (b) (Eccl.) A small monumental chapel in a church. Shipley.
SACERDOTAL Sac`er*do"tal, a. Etym: [L. sacerdotalis, fr. sacerdos, -otis, a priest, fr.sacer holy, sacred: cf. F. sacerdotal.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; relating to the priesthood; priesty; as, sacerdotal dignity; sacerdotal functions. The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the ascendency which naturally and properly belongs to intellectual superiority. Macaulay.
SACERDOTALISMSac`er*do"tal*ism, m.
Defn: The system, style, spirit, or character, of a priesthood, or sacerdotal order; devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order.
SACERDOTALLYSac`er*do"tal*ly, adv.
Defn: In a sacerdotal manner.
SACHELSach"el, n.
Defn: A small bag. See Satchel.
SACHEMSa"chem, n.
Defn: A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore.
SACHEMDOMSa"chem*dom, n.
Defn: The government or jurisdiction of a sachem. Dr. T. Dwight.
SACHEMSHIPSa"chem*ship, n.
Defn: Office or condition of a sachem.
SACHETSa`chet", n. Etym: [F., dim. of sac. See Sac.]
Defn: A scent bag, or perfume cushion, to be laid among handkerchiefe, garments, etc., to perfume them.
SACIETYSa*ci"e*ty, n.
Defn: Satiety. [Obs.] Bacon.
SACKSack, n. Etym: [OE. seck, F. sec dry (cf. Sp. seco, It secco), fromL. siccus dry, harsh; perhaps akin to Gr. sikata sand, Ir. sesc dry,W. hysp. Cf. Desiccate.]
Defn: A anme formerly given to various dry Spanish wines. "Sherris sack." Shak. Sack posset, a posset made of sack, and some other ingredients.
SACKSack, n. Etym: [OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, sæcc, L. saccus, Gr. sak; cf.F. sac from the Latin. Cf. Sac, Satchel, Sack to plunder.]
1. A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.
2. A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. McElrath.
3. Etym: [Perhaps a different word.]
Defn: Originally, a loosely hanging garnment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing saek. [Written also sacque.]
4. A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
5. (Biol.)
Defn: See 2d Sac, 2. Sack bearer (Zoöl.). See Basket worm, under Basket. — Sack tree (Bot.), an East Indian tree (Antiaris saccidora) which is cut into lengths, and made into sacks by turning the bark inside out, and leaving a slice of the wood for a bottom. — To give the sack to or get the sack, to discharge, or be discharged, from employment; to jilt, or be jilted. [Slang]
SACKSack, v. t.
1. To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn. Bolsters sacked in cloth, blue and crimson. L. Wallace.
2. To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders. [Colloq.]
SACK Sack, n. Etym: [F. sac plunder, pillage, originally, a pack, packet, booty packed up, fr. L. saccus. See Sack a bag.]
Defn: the pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage. The town was stormed, and delivered up to sack, — by which phrase is to be understood the perpetration of all those outrages which the ruthless code of war allowed, in that age, on the persons and property of the defenseless inhabitants, without regard to sex or age. Prescott.
SACKSack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Sacking.] Etym:[See Sack pillage.]
Defn: To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; toravage.The Romans lay under the apprehension of seeing their city sacked bya barbarous enemy. Addison.
SACKAGESack"age (; 48), n.
Defn: The act of taking by storm and pillaging; sack. [R.] H. Roscoe.
SACKBUT Sack"but, n. Etym: [F. saquebute, OF. saqueboute a sackbut. earlier, a sort of hook attached to the end of a lance used by foot soldiers to unhorse cavalrymen; prop. meaning, pull and push; fr. saquier, sachier, to pull, draw (perhaps originally, to put into a bag or take out from a bag; see Sack a bag) + bouter to push (see Butt to thrust). The name was given to the musical instrument from its being lengthened and shortened.] (Mus.)
Defn: A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; — said to be the same as the trombone. [Written also sagbut.] Moore (Encyc. of Music).
Note: The sackbut of the Scriptures is supposed to have been a stringed instrument.
SACKCLOTHSack"cloth`, n.
Defn: Linen or cotton cloth such a sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence. Gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. 2 Sam. iii. 31. Thus with sackcloth I invest my woe. Sandys.
SACKCLOTHED sack"clothed`, a.
Defn: Clothed in sackcloth.
SACKERSack"er, n.
Defn: One who sacks; one who takes part in the storm and pillage of a town.
SACKFULSack"ful, n.; pl. Sackfuls (.
Defn: As much as a sack will hold.
SACKFULSack"ful, a.
Defn: Bent on plunder. [Obs.] Chapman.
SACKINGSack"ing, n. Etym: [AS. sæccing, from sæcc sack, bag.]
Defn: Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made.
SACKLESS Sack"less, a. Etym: [AS. sacleás; sacu contention + leás loose, free from.]
Defn: Quiet; peaceable; harmless; innocent. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
SACK-WINGEDSack"-winged`, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; — said of certain bats of the genus Saccopteryx.
SACQUESacque, n. Etym: [Formed after the analogy of the French. See 2dSack.]
Defn: Same as 2d Sack, 3.
SACRALSa"cral, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the sacrum; in the region of the sacrum.
SACRAMENT Sac"ra*ment, n. Etym: [L. sacramentum an oath, a sacred thing, a mystery, a sacrament, fr. sacrare to declare as sacred, sacer sacred: cf. F. sacrament. See Sacred.]
1. The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath. [Obs.] I'll take the sacrament on't. Shak.
2. The pledge or token of an oath or solemn cobenant; a sacred thing; a mystery. [Obs.] God sometimes sent a light of fire, and pillar of a cloud . . . and the sacrament of a rainbow, to guide his people through their portion of sorrows. Jer. Taylor.
3. (Theol.)
Defn: One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ, the head of the Christian church, to be observed by his followers; hence, specifically, the eucharist; the Lord's Supper.
Syn. — Sacrament, Eucharist. — Protestants apply the term sacrament to baptism and the Lord's Supper, especially the latter. The R. Cath. and Greek churches have five other sacraments, viz., confirmation, penance, holy orders, matrimony, and extreme unction. As sacrament denotes an oath or vow, the word has been applied by way of emphasis to the Lord's Supper, where the most sacred vows are renewed by the Christian in commemorating the death of his Redeemer. Eucharist denotes the giving of thanks; and this term also has been applied to the same ordinance, as expressing the grateful remembrance of Christ's sufferings and death. "Some receive the sacrament as a means to procure great graces and blessings; others as an eucharist and an office of thanksgiving for what they have received." Jer. Taylor.
SACRAMENTSac"ra*ment, v. t.
Defn: To bind by an oath. [Obs.] Laud.
SACRAMENTAL Sac`ra*men"tal, a. Etym: [L. sacramentalis: cf. F. sacramental, sacramentel.]
1. Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of the nature of a sacrament; sacredly or solemny binding; as, sacramental rites or elements.
2. Bound by a sacrament. The sacramental host of God's elect. Cowper.
SACRAMENTALSac`ra*men"tal, n.
Defn: That which relates to a sacrament. Bp. Morton.
SACRAMENTALISMSac`ra*men"tal*ism, n.
Defn: The doctrine and use of sacraments; attashment of excessive importance to sacraments.
SACRAMENTALISTSac`ra*men"tal*ist, n.
Defn: One who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence ofChrist;s body and blood in the holy eucharist. Shipley.
SACRAMENTALLYSac`ra*men"tal*ly, adv.
Defn: In a sacrament manner.
SACRAMENTARIAN Sac`ra*men*ta"ri*an, n. Etym: [LL. sacramentarius: cf. F. sacramentaire.]
1. (Eccl.)
Defn: A name given in the sixteenth century to those German reformers who rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holy eucharist.
2. One who holds extreme opinions regarding the efficacy of sacraments.
SACRAMENTARIANSac`ra*men*ta"ri*an, a.
1. Of or pertaining a sacrament, or to the sacramentals; sacramental.
2. Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians.
SACRAMENTARYSac`ra*men"ta*ry, a.
1. Of or pertaining a sacrament or the sacraments; sacramental.
2. Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians.
SACRAMENTARY Sac`ra*men"ta*ry, n.; pl. -ries. Etym: [LL. sacramentarium: cf. F. sacramentaire.]
1. An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and Germany.
2. Same as Sacramentarian, n., 1. Papists, Anabaptists, and Sacramentaries. Jer. Taylor.
SACRAMENTIZESac"ra*ment*ize, v. i.
Defn: To administer the sacraments. [R.]Both to preach and sacramentize. Fuller.
SACRARIUMSa*cra"ri*um, n.; pl. -ria. Etym: [L., fr. sacer sacred.]
1. A sort of family chapel in the houses of the Romans, devoted to a special divinity.
2. The adytum of a temple. Gwilt.
3. In a Christian church, the sanctuary.
SACRATESa"crate, v. t. Etym: [L. sacratus, p.p. of sacrare. See Sacred.]
Defn: To consecrate. [Obs.]
SACRATIONSa*cra"tion, n.
Defn: Consecration. [Obs.]
SACRESa"cre, n.
Defn: See Sakker.
SACRESa"cre, v. t. Etym: [F. sacrer. See Sacred.]
Defn: To consecrate; to make sacred. [Obs.] Holland.
SACREDSa"cred, a. Etym: [Originally p.p. of OE. sacren to consecrate, F.sacrer, fr. L. sacrare, fr. sacer sacred, holy, cursed. Cf.Consecrate, Execrate, Saint, Sextion.]